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Nixon won the Presidential election over Hubert Humphrey of Massachusets.
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Five people arrested for breaking into the Watergate Hotel and Office Complex. They broke into the Democratic campaign headquarters and had ties to the White House.
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Nixion used the CIA to try to stop the FBI's investigation into the break and cover-up the break in.
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The burglars were given jail terms and an investigatan began into the break-in.
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John Dean testified that Nixon was involved and offerd clemency to those who would takethe blame.
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Two of the recording tapes had an eighteen minute gap in their recordings.
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The Saturday Night Massacre was when President Nixon went and fired many White House workers to try and cover-up the Watergate scandal.
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Nixon gave up most of the writen transcripts.
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The Supreme Court ruled that all the recording tapes must be handed over by the White House.
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Nixon resigned as President of the United States causing Gerald Ford to become the President due to the 25th Amendment.
